articleProceedings of the IEEEDec 1, 2019Closed access

Accessing From the Sky: A Tutorial on UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond

YZYongs ZengQWQingqing WuRZRui Zhang

Purple Mountain Laboratories · Southeast University · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling technologies for UAVs, wireless communication is essential and has drawn significantly growing attention in recent years. Compared to the conventional terrestrial communications, UAVs' communications face new challenges due to their high altitude above the ground and great flexibility of movement in the 3-D space. Several critical issues arise, including the line-of-sight (LoS) dominant UAV-ground channels and induced strong aerial-terrestrial network interference, the distinct communication quality-of-service (QoS) requirements for UAV control…

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  • Drone
  • Computer science
  • Payload (computing)
  • Flexibility (engineering)
  • Wireless
  • Quality of service
  • Communications system
  • Telecommunications
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